NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of study data suggests that up to one in four patients who are hospitalized for an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who are admitted on a weekend for bleeding peptic ulcers have worse survival than their peers admitted on a weekday, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although it is safe, low-dose vitamin K used to treat warfarin recipients with high INRs (international normalized ratios) does not reduce episodes of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People who sustain a traumatic brain injury, even of mild severity, remain at increased risk for epilepsy for at least 10 years, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The percentages of boys and girls who return to competitive basketball or soccer after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair are similar, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The placement of a permanent pacemaker for dual-chamber pacing had no effect on the frequency of falls among older patients with a history…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with a family history of intracranial aneurysm are known to be at increased risk themselves, but now new research questions prior findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An injection of autologous cultured osteoblasts can accelerate the healing of long-bone fractures, according to a report in the February 12th online issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A technique called targeted muscle innervation is a feasible means of controlling complex prosthetic movements in arm amputees, according to a report in…
Daniel Rauch MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, NYU Langone Medical Center, Member of NYU Pediatric Inpatient Associates discusses the recent advances in pneumonia treatment in children, which include…